custom domain email hosting with Exchange, access using outlook desktop

Anonymous
2023-04-19T22:19:11+00:00

I have 365 family subscription. I already have an email with a personal domain registered under the 365 account. I'm looking for the most efficient way to have MS host another (different) domain for another email address. From what I've been able to find, I can only have a single domain under a 365 account (although each 365 user can have an address on that domain). Is this correct?

Also, assuming that is true, it appears that the best way for me to have MS host an additional custom domain email is to add an Exchange online (plan 1) account for a single user. Does that sound like a correct solution? I assume this exchange account will act as a separate account from 365. Should I expect any difficulties when adding that exchange hosted, custom domain email address on outlook desktop under the 365 account?

Thanks for any thoughts

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-21T19:05:53+00:00

    Ok, was able to talk to a MS rep. sounds like exchange online is the equivalent to bluehost, liquid web, etc. the $4/mo is competitive with the others and is cheaper than the $6 through GoDaddy who hosts the domain. they all allow a bunch of aliases under a single seat, so that gives me some growth room as well.

    thanks again for the help

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  2. Brian Tillman 27,700 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-04-21T22:14:34+00:00

    I glad of was able to contribute.

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  3. Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
    2023-04-21T22:49:56+00:00

    I am an Exchange Plan 1 subscriber at the company where I work. I'm hosting 1 custom domain but there is an option to add more custom domains or sign up for a new domain name. I'm not sure if it costs extra to host multiple custom domains.

    Referring to your post that says this:

    >> I'm not very familiar with exchange so not sure if it works differently in some way versus a 365 hosted email

    I'm not familiar with other Microsoft 365 products but I believe all mail hosting services (offered by Microsoft) use Exchange servers. It is their own product. You may not realize your existing mailbox(es) is (are) hosted on Exchange servers right now.

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